Bottle-washer.



No.eoo,a74. l PATENTBD 0013.3; 1905. c. PABST.

BOTTLE WASHER.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 22, 1904.

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PATENTBD OCT. 3, 1905.

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G. PABST.

BOTTLE WASHER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 22, 1904.

Chrisan Pabs, )Nviam'orx WwNassas,

UNITED STATES- CHRISTIAN PABST, OF HAMILTON, OHIO.

BOTTLEBWASH ER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1905.

Apzlication filed September 22,1904. Serial No. 225,399.

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Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN PABsT, a citizen of the United States, residing at I-Iamilton, Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bottle-l/Vashers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to bottle-washers of the class adapted to wash mineral-water, beer, or other bottles, especially those provided with non-removable stoppers; and the objects of my improvement are to provide means to automatically center the bottles for rotation; means to rapidly rotate the bottles; to provide a non-rotative scrubhing-brush for the `bottom and reciprocating scrubbing-brush automatically movable in contact with the outside of the bottle during its rotation; to simultaneously deliver streams of water under pressure to the respective brushes and to the interior of the bottle; to automatically shut off said streams of water when the rotation of the bottle is discontinued, and to provide a fresh supply of water for each bottle. These objects are attained in the following described manner, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of my washer; Fig. 2, a side elevation g Fig. 3, a rear elevation with parts broken away; Fig. 4, a plan with parts in section on the line c (L of Fig. 3 Fig. 5, a vertical diametrical section of the idle chuck; Fig. 6, a vertical section of the centering-chuck, and Fig. 7 a perspective view with parts broken away.

In the drawings, 7 represents a column formed with bearings S, wherein hollow spindle 9 is journaled and rotated from driven pulley 11 by means of belt 12 in the usual manner. Live chuck 13 terminates the lower end of the spindle in the form of a coneshaped opening having radiating corrugations or ribs 14 on its inner surface and formed with cylindrical brush-seat 15 near its apex. Hood 10 rides on the chuck and overhangs its edges to intercept the water centrifugally thrown therefrom and is prevented from rotating by means of arm 16, extending therefrom in contact with the side of the column.

Collar 17, formed with an annular groove, is adjustably secured on the spindle, and yoke 1S adjustably secured on rod 19 engages therewith. Said rod mounted in bearings 21 formed on the column is movable longitudinally in opposite directions respectively and simultaneously with the spindle Aby means of foot-lever 22 and spring 23, engaging with the lower portion of the rod.

Tube 24, having a flexible section 25 and provided with dogl 26 to prevent it from rotating, is movable through guide 27 and is extended through the hollow spindle wherewith it is movable axially. Bottom brush 28 is secured on one extremity of said tube and thereby retained in the seat 15, formed in chuck 13. The other extremity of said tube communicates with supply-pipe 29 directly under basin 30, which projects from the front of the column and discharges through overflow-pipe 31.

Tater under pressure is supplied to pipe 29 from any desired source, as from a pump 32, preferably duplex, and actuated from pulley 11 through intermediate gears 33, 34, 35, and 36, crank 37, and pitman 38 to draw water from a supply through pipe 39. Pipe 29 is provided with air-chamber 41, having a pressure-gage 42 and with a pressure-regulating valve 43 on one end, through which it overflows when the pressure exceeds a predetermined amount for which said valve is adjusted. The opposite end of pipe 29 is secured to the bottom of basin and terminates upwardly therethrough in et-tube 44, which discharges within bottle 45 to one side of stopper 46 therein through et-opening 47, formed in said tube at an angle to its axis. Valve 48, formed with arm 49, automatically closes pipe 29 and is opened by stop 50, which is adjustably secured on rod 19 being moved into engagement with said arm by the depression of foot-lever 22. Y

Idle chuck 51, preferably cone shaped and containing an axial discharge-opening 52, is formed with depending hub 53 and provided with an elastic mouthpiece 54, whose tapering opening 55 registers with the opening 52. Said chuck is mounted with ball-bearings 56 on bracket 57 to rotate in a horizontal plane and is maintained in position on the bracket by means of collar 58, being adjustably secured on hub 53. Said bracket is secured on the bottom of basin 30 with discharge-opening 52 concentric With jet-tube 44 and is formed with dischargepassages 59 for the water from opening 52 to the basin. Cylindrical guard 61, formed with water-passages 62, removably encircles chuck 51 to intercept the water centrifugally IOO IIO

thrown therefrom and direct it to the basin. Guide-rods 6.3 are secured in lugs (Sit on the rear ol the column and cross-head is reciprocated vertically thereon by means oli pitinan 66, engaging' with a crank-pin on gear Arm ($7, `l'ormed on the cross-head, projects in a Vforward direction between the column and rod 19, and lever 68, movable in a horizontal plane, is Vliulcrumed thereon near its middle portion by means ol: Vfixed pintle 69. One end of said lever is provided with side brush 7] and the other end with. antifriction-roller 72, which is movable along; the straight edge olE curved guide-plate 723. Said guide-plate is mounted to swing` concentric with rodl 19 between adjacent bearings 21 and is movable in a forward direction to throw brush 7l in a rearward direction by means of the sliding engagement ot the inclined portion 74 ol" its rear edge with the upward movement of dog 75, which is adjustably secured on rod l). Spring 7G, mounted On pintle (if), moves lever (58 in a Vforward direction and yieldingly maintains brush 7] in contact with the outside ol" bottle 45 when dta;l 75 is disengaged lrom incline 74. olt the plate by a downward movement ot the loot- .leveix llexibletnbe 78 leads` Yfrom supply pipe 2.() and discharges in lront ol brush 7l, to which it is secured.

ln operation, a. bottle placed in an inverted position between the chucks, whereby it is aiutinnaticall)Y centered and rapidly rotated when the toot-lever is depressed. rllhe same movement of the lootlever simultaneously opens the valve in the suj'iply-pipe and perm its the water therein to d isch arge through the jet-tube to the interior of the bottle, through tube to the bottom of the bottle under the bottom brush, and through tlexible tube 7S on the side ot the bottle under the face ot the brush 71. During the rotation of the bottle the stationarj7 bottom brush thoroughly serul s its bottom, brush 71 reciprocates vertically in contact with and D. scrubs its side and neck, and the liriction of the water thrown within the bottle from the jetetube thoroughly rinses its interior. Then the loot-lever is released, spring 23 raises the spindle and releases the bottle and valve le is automatically closed.

Having?T fully described my improvement, what l. claim as my inven tion, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ol the United States, 1S.

l. The combination ol a hollow rotative spindle provided. at one end with a chuck, means to hold the end ol" the bottle opposite the chuck, a non-rotative tube within the spindle, a brush. thereon within the chuck,

and means to move the spindle and tube longitndinally.

2. The combination of a rotative spindle provided with a chuck, means to hold the end oll the bottle opposite the chuck, a brush automaticalljT movable toward the bottle, means to reciprocate the brush parallel therewith, and means to move the spindle longitud in ally.

3. In a bottle-washer, the combination ot a rotative spindle, a chuck secured thereon, a non-rotative brush supported therein, an idle chuck formed with an axial opening opposite said chuck, a stationary tube therein arranged to discharge within the bottle at an angle to its axis, and means to move the spindle longitudinally.

4. ln a bottle-washer, the combination ot means to detachably engage with and rotate a bottle, a tube arranged to discharge at an angle through the neck, a brush automatically movable into contact with the side, and means to reciprocate the bruslrparallel with the axis, ot the bottle. i

5. In a bottle-washer, the combination of a rotative spindle provided with a chuck, means to hold the end of a bottle opposite the chuck, a brush arranged to reciprocate parallel with the bottle duringT the rotation of the spindle, and means to simultaneously move the spindle longitudinally and the brush laterally in relation to the bottle.

6. In a bottle-washer, a rotative spindle arranged to detaehably engage with a bottle, a pivotally-supported brush arranged to reciprocate parallel with the axis o'l' the bot tle, and means to sinmltaneously move the spindle longitudinally and the brush in a direction 'from the bottle.

7. In a bottle-washer, the combination with a nonrotative brush arranged to scrub the bottom ot a rotative bottle, a reciprocatingr brush arranged to reciprocate in contact with the side oii a bottle and parallel with its axis, of separate means to deliver jets of water to the respective brushes, and means to simultaneously deliver a et oli water within the interior ot the bottle.

8. ln a bottle-washer, the combination of a self-centeringT idle chuck adapted to engage with the mouth of bottle and 'formed with an axial opening .registering therewith, a stationary tube within the opening and arranged to throwa stream ot water within the bottle through said mouth and at an angle to the axis, and means to rota-te the bottle.

GHI ISTIAN PABST.

Witnesses:

GEORGE ScnnLuonN, R. S. Cama. 

